Alvina and Quinn have never been further apart, but their connection to the spirits might be what reconnects them again. *** Quinn av Stál is slowly losing his mind. He's sure of that, and the only thing keeping him together is his fiancé Islo Charred. When he starts discovering the true range of the powers reciding within him, the world around him slowly crumbles away. His sense of security is gone. The rebels are not afraid of making good of their threats. Alvina av Stál has gone into hiding in the spirit world, while she waits for her girlfriend, Dy, to heal after getting shot in Bursaaq. Big questions of whether or not she even wants to leave arises and are only made harder when she finds her oldest brother's soul. She has a calling and she wants to save her brother, but at the same time the fear is crippling her.

Alvina is still fighting to get her throne back. To save her brother, her country and her own sanity. They only need one leg-up and then the war will be over. Quinn is struggling to stay in the present. Stay with his family and not give into the growing darkness within him, but as Alvina and her army draws closer, Dreki gets closer to coming undone completely. Alvina needs to hurry up before Quinn and Islo lose everything.

A royal bloodline gets divided by rebels' attempted regicide, casting Alvina from her throne and into hiding, as Quinn, the bastard brother, is forced to take her place. *** Alvina was supposed to be queen, but when her coronation is abruptly stopped by an explosion, she has to flee the country she called home. Missing an arm, a throne and half her sanity, Alvina has to find a way to get back to Andaheim, before the rebels drive her brother to an early grave. Quinn was just a bastard. But now with his sister Alvina's supposed passing, he has to be the king he never wanted to be. Struggling with catching up on politics, wanting to be a good king and not losing himself in the process, he has to figure out what's more important: his own integrity or his country. A North Atlantic 1920s Jazz era Fantasy.